A coronation not a contest – Tanzania’s first female president faces little opposition
With no heavyweightopposition candidates cleared to compete in Wednesday's election, many Tanzanians…
Rebel group claims capture of Sudan army headquarters in key city
The Sudanese paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) says it has captured the…
Sudan’s fertile region where food is rotting amid famine and war
There is a place in Sudan where it is almost possible to…
Ousted Madagascan president stripped of citizenship
Former Madagascan President Andry Rajoelina, who was ousted in a coup last…
Attacks on people like me happen every time my country has an election
Fresh trauma arrives with every election season in Tanzania for 42-year-old Mariam…
From government spin doctor to Cameroon president’s main rival
Cameroon's opposition leader Issa Tchiroma Bakary, who has declared himself the winner…
‘It became one of the children’ – Kenyan family on adopting orphaned cheetah cub
A Kenyan family has told the BBC how a cheetah cub they…
Shock at $100,000 fee to contest Guinea elections to replace junta
Guineans have reacted with shock after it was announced that presidential candidates…
Ghana’s former First Lady Nana Konadu Rawlings dies aged 76
Ghana's former First Lady Nana Konadu Agyeman-Rawlings has died at the age…
More than 40 dead after multi-vehicle crash in Uganda
Forty-six people have been killed after several vehicles crashed on a major…
